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Nov 26, 2021 • 36min

154: Europe’s new authoritarianism

Compulsory vaccination, the hounding of JK Rowling, the cricket racism scandal and the cancellation of an ISIS survivor… Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Related articles: Fraser Myers: Austria is leading Europe down a dark path https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/24/austria-is-leading-europe-down-a-dark-path/  Tom Slater: JK Rowling: the making of a modern folk devil https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/23/jk-rowling-the-making-of-a-modern-folk-devil/  Tom Slater: Michael Vaughan: guilty until proven innocent https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/25/michael-vaughan-guilty-until-proven-innocent/  Paddy Hannam: Nadia Murad and the heartlessness of PC https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/24/nadia-murad-and-the-heartlessness-of-pc/ 
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Nov 19, 2021 • 31min

153: After Liverpool: the deafening silence over terrorism

The Liverpool bombing, the media’s culture war on Kyle Rittenhouse and more… Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Ella Whelan discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/
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Nov 12, 2021 • 37min

152: Is it time to move on from Covid?

Covid fear-mongering, Tory sleaze and Megxit… Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/
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Nov 5, 2021 • 34min

151: COP26 and the green war on democracy

Climate change, the parents’ revolt in Virginia, and the cancellation of Terry Gilliam… Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Related articles: Tom Slater: Environmentalism cannot survive democracy https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/04/environmentalism-cannot-survive-democracy/ Fraser Myers: The parents’ revolt in Virginia https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/03/the-parents-revolt-in-virginia/ Brendan O’Neill: Terry Gilliam and the return of blacklisting https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/02/terry-gilliam-and-the-return-of-blacklisting/
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Oct 29, 2021 • 35min

150: So now the left cares about Big Tech censorship?

Novara Media’s brush with censorship, Rishi Sunak’s delusional budget, and green rationing -- Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by: Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/spiked  ExpressVPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked  Related articles: Tom Slater: Novara Media and the left’s tragic turn against free speech https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/29/novara-media-and-the-lefts-tragic-turn-against-free-speech/  Fraser Myers: Rishi Sunak’s dangerous complacency https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/27/rishi-sunaks-dangerous-complacency/ Brendan O’Neill: Why is Insulate Britain being allowed to cause so much disruption? https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/26/why-is-insulate-britain-being-allowed-to-cause-so-much-disruption/ 
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Oct 22, 2021 • 40min

149: David Amess and the rise of Islamist denialism

Islamist terror, Covid restrictions, COP26 and Dave Chappelle… Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Related articles: Tom Slater: Nasty tweets did not kill David Amess https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/17/nasty-tweets-did-not-kill-david-amess/  David Livermore: There is no case for new Covid restrictions https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/21/there-is-no-case-for-new-covid-restrictions/  Fraser Myers: How environmentalism turned politics on its head https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/20/how-environmentalism-turned-politics-on-its-head/ 
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Oct 15, 2021 • 33min

148: The persecution of Kathleen Stock

Campus censorship, parliament’s Covid report, and green madness… Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Related articles: Tom Slater: Academic freedom or mob rule? Time to pick a side https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/08/academic-freedom-or-mob-rule-time-to-pick-a-side/ Tom Slater: Liberty after lockdown https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/15/liberty-after-lockdown/  Fraser Myers: The madness of the green agenda https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/13/the-madness-of-the-green-agenda/ Ella Whelan: We need to dial down women’s fears https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/13/we-need-to-dial-down-womens-fears/
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Oct 8, 2021 • 36min

147: Build back bluster

The Tory Party conference, the Facebook outage, Insulate Britain and rainbow crossings… Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Related articles: Brendan O’Neill: We need to hear less from Carrie Antoinette https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/06/we-need-to-hear-less-from-carrie-antoinette/  Andrew Orlowski: The Facebook outage shows we need to rein in Big Tech https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/06/the-facebook-outage-shows-we-need-to-rein-in-big-tech/  Tom Slater: Environmentalism is a class war by other means  https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/04/environmentalism-is-class-war-by-other-means/  Jo Bartosch: When virtue-signalling goes wrong https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/06/when-virtue-signalling-goes-wrong/
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Oct 1, 2021 • 29min

146: The slow, painful death of Labour

Keir Starmer, Sarah Everard and white privilege… Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sponsored by:  Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/spiked  Issuu: Visit https://issuu.com/podcast and use the promo code SPIKED to get 50% off a premium account Related articles: Tom Slater: Someone please put Labour out of its misery https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/09/29/someone-please-put-labour-out-of-its-misery/  Ella Whelan: Labour’s insult to voters https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/09/27/labours-insult-to-voters/ Brendan O’Neill: There is no such thing as white privilege  https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/09/29/there-is-no-such-thing-as-white-privilege/
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Sep 24, 2021 • 33min

145: Welcome to blackout Britain

The energy crisis, Keir Starmer’s pamphlet, and the smearing of Kemi Badenoch. Fraser, Tom and Ella discuss. Get tickets to the Battle of Ideas:  https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/battle-ideas-2021-tickets/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/support...  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sponsored by ExpressVPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked  Related articles: Rob Lyons: Our eco-obsessed government is sleepwalking into an energy crisis https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/09/18/our-eco-obsessed-government-is-sleepwalking-into-an-energy-crisis/ Fraser Myers: Since when does Labour care about democracy? https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/09/22/since-when-does-labour-care-about-democracy/  Brendan O’Neill: Kemi Badenoch did nothing wrong https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/09/19/kemi-badenoch-did-nothing-wrong/ 

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